"First, Culkin pointed out that his sons can watch Disney Channel classic sitcom, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, which starred his now-wife, Brenda Song, and the kids totally get it. "I'll put it on. Brenda hates it, but I'll put it on ... They're like, 'Yeah, that's mama.' So they get that. But when they see Kevin, they always just call him Kevin. Because the illusion's still there," Culkin began."
""Just two nights ago, my son was asking questions. He wanted to see a family photo of all my siblings. So I ran downstairs, I got it and stuff, and he immediately, his eyes darted to me. And he goes, 'Hey, that kid looks like Kevin.' And I go, 'He sure does, doesn't he?' ... And he's starting to put it together. I'm trying to keep up the illusion as long as possible, like Santa Claus.""
""I can watch that movie now," he said, referring to Home Alone. "I can watch pretty much the body of my work now. It takes on a completely different meaning." "Now that I have kids, I get to show it to them, and I see the joy that it brings them. Now it's different, the game has changed for me," he went on. "Before, it was a gig.""
Macaulay Culkin's children watch his past television and film work and treat characters as distinct from their parent. His sons recognize Brenda Song on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and still identify Kevin as a character rather than their father. A recent exchange involved a child pointing at a family photo and identifying a young Culkin as looking like Kevin, prompting playful efforts to preserve the illusion. Parenting allowed Culkin to rewatch his films, see the joy they bring, and shift from viewing acting as a gig to embracing and taking pride in his work.
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